October 13, 2025, 2:23 am
Glenn Maxwell calls time on ODIs
TAM Desk ||
Explosive Australian batsman Glenn Maxwell called time on his one-day international career Monday, but will continue in Twenty20 cricket with his eye on next year’s World Cup.
The 36-year-old, who played 149 ODIs, blasting 3,990 runs, said he was starting to feel the physical toll of the 50-over game.
“I felt like I was letting the team down a little bit with how my body was reacting to the conditions,” said Maxwell, who was nicknamed “Big Show” for his all-action entertaining style of play.
“I had a good chat with (chair of selectors) George Bailey and I asked him what his thoughts were going forward.
“We talked about the 2027 (50-over) World Cup and I said to him: ‘I don’t think I am going to make that, it’s time to start planning for people in my position to have a crack at it and make the position their own’.
“I didn’t want to just hold on for a couple of series and almost play for selfish reasons.”
His last game was Australia’s Champions Trophy semi-final defeat to India in early March, after which fellow veteran Steve Smith also quit the 50-over format.
The mercurial Maxwell’s strike rate of 126.70 is the second highest in ODI cricket where he has crunched four hundreds and 23 half-centuries.
His rate of scoring is second only to West Indian heavy hitter Andre Russell, and Maxwell has also taken 77 wickets with his off-spin.
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